[Frank Colver]

Today, December 17, 2021 marks the 118th anniversary of the Wright Flyer's first powered flight. I give kudos to all of aviation's pioneers down through the years, both before and after that milestone event.

Frank

[Bob Kuczewski]

Thanks Frank!!!   

Do you remember Bill Liscomb's comment about that day in Big Blue Sky?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hRSUjJFmCc

[Chris McKeon]

[IWANT TO RETURN TO MY HOME]

I just love watching this Movie over and over again. Heck the Way I see it =, I am living the Dream. For I have been to Cloud Base so many Times . I want to Fly up to Cloud base again so badly. Watching these Guts in this Movie, Guys like Joe Faust verbalize what I have felt so profoundly many times. Pilots such as Joe Faust put into words so well How we feel when we Fly. Well my day where I will return to My Home; The Sky. I believe that where I will return to My Home will Be Dockweiler Beach flying Frank's Condor.

[Craig Muhonen]

Jumping Into An Ocean of Air
Southern California was "The Perfect Storm", 100% packed with negative ions.

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[KaiMartin]

Not quite sure why we would mark milestones of powered flight in a HG forum
Non powered flight has a few firsts to offer, too. Otto Lilienthal, Octave Chanute and Percy Pilcher spring to mind. But there is also George Cayley who built a glider that was flown as early as 1853. I like to think that there are more like the first stained flight in a thermal. Or the first passenger flight in a glider.

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[Bob Kuczewski]

Non powered flight has a few firsts to offer, too.

That sounds like someone volunteering to remind us of some non-powered aviation anniversaries.